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Pentagon Slams Israel's "Unacceptable" Shelling Of UN Shelters As "Totally Indefensible"

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We already know that all is not well in US-Israeli relations (despite the ongoing funding) and John Kerry is not helping, but this morning's comments from the White House and Pentagon are concerning. As The BBC reports, the US Defense Dept says civilian casualties in Gaza are "too high" and Israel needs to do more to protect civilian life. Then White House spokesman John Earnest added, "the shelling of a UN facility that is housing innocent civilians who are fleeing violence is totally unacceptable and totally indefensible." Time to rethink the $576 mllion tripling of Israeli aid?

Since Israel began its offensive in Gaza on 8 July, 1,400 Palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

 

It said 173 people had been killed within the past 24 hours.

  • *EARNEST REITERATES CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA
  • *ISRAEL MUST DO MORE TO PREVENT CIVILIAN DEATHS, EARNEST SAYS
  • *EARNEST SAYS UN FACILITY ATTACK `TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE'
  • *EARNEST SAYS SHELLING OF UN SHELTERS `TOTALLY INDEFENSIBLE'

The BBC reports,

"The Israelis need to do more to live up to their very high standards... for protecting civilian life," a Pentagon spokesman said.

 

The UN has also criticised Israel over the worsening situation in Gaza, saying people there are "facing a precipice".

And Bloomberg adds,

“The shelling of a UN facility that is housing innocent civilians who are fleeing violence is totally unacceptable and totally indefensible,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest says at daily briefing.

 

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Says there’s little doubt about whose artillery was involved, pointing to statements by UN, Israel, even though incident still requires full investigation

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Israel says it will not stop its operation in Gaza until all the tunnels - which militants use to infiltrate Israeli territory - have been destroyed. Of course, as we noted previously, this is likely all theatrics as the money and arms are still flowing.

 

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Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:38 | 5029565 Duffy
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You're basically a Nazi.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:10 | 5029711 falconflight
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You silly BrainStem, how so?  I point out the difference in tactics ... between the Israelis suffering needless deaths in order to protect Arab civilians and the IDF simply winning a war without  even using planes or tanks or even boots on the ground.  Your intellect is so daunting, I probably should recoil from even risking a response.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:06 | 5029437 dsty
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SINISTER SITES

http://vigilantcitizen.com/sinistersites/sinister-sites-israel-supreme-court/

I wish I could post these pictures here

these are pictures of the structures which the Rothchilds built in Jerusalem

one being the supreme court

perhaps you have spiritual discernment, if not the writer describes them very well

they are filled with the occult

these folks like the Rothchilds are satanic, their messiah is the Anti Christ.

They should not be confused with real meaning of Zionism

The people that inhabit these buildings are probably not aware of their real meaning

BTW, Mt Zion is in Jerusalem and that is where the Jewish temple was and may be there again

If you see it pop up again, better wake up, game is about over

Anyway take a look at those pictures, artists and architects can be pretty sneaky

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:52 | 5029624 prymythirdeye
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Nice one dsty.  I find that site to be quite interesting.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:03 | 5029674 Golden Showers
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Ever hear this? "my kingdom is not of this world"? or Perhaps "you who hate your life in this world shall have life eternal, while those who love thier life shall lose it?" Or some shit like that? Listen, Zionists are apples. Jews are oranges.

Let's dispell this. Israel is the state of hate eternal. We stupid souls might visit thinking thier piece of shit fort is cool. Besides, these so-called Jews are white slavery pimps. They are the scum of the planet.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:17 | 5029739 falconflight
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Obviously you have failed to close your mouth during all those "Golden Showers."  Are you a Left-Hand sniffer, CAIR rec.tum snooter, or just another run of the mill member of the Buchenwald Oven Operator's Union (BOOU)?  

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 19:05 | 5029952 kurt
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You, sir, are an unmitigated ASSHOLE!

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:15 | 5029734 luckystars
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Brother Nathanial at realjewnews.com was born a Jew.

He said long ago "all Jews worship lucifer and they know what they are doing.

He converted to Russian Orthodox after checking out many Christian curches.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:12 | 5029470 falconflight
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I wonder how many of the reported deaths, mind you reported from Hamas, are merely recycled bodies?  There is no limit to depths to which the Arabs/Muslims will sink.  

We could all recount the many locations around the world where the Left-Hand sniffer murders, rapes, steals, beheads, throws acid into the faces of non-compliant females, burns alive school girls, mutilates females genitalia by decree, and terrorizes millions from every religion and creed, as well as their own.  

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:51 | 5029622 Duffy
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somebody loves promoting Arab-hate.

The same somebody who whines about Joo-hate.


Cute.

 

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:02 | 5029672 falconflight
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Are you asserting that Muslims aren't terrorizing millions around the Planet?  Not in Eygpt?  Not in Syria?  Not in Iraq?  Not in Libyia?  Not in Mali?, Not in Niger? Not in Nigeria? Not in Sudan?  Not in Thailand?  Not in the Phillipines?  Not in China?  Not in the FRS?  Not in India?  I obviously could continue.  

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:38 | 5029568 Duffy
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:51 | 5029623 Duffy
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 17:58 | 5029653 falconflight
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I was just speaking with my wife and commented to her that the existence and fate of the Arabs of Gaza and the so called West Bank is truly a stain on the history of humanity.  Why?  Because this devious monstrous creation of a new "People" was only to serve as cannon folder (a proxy) by the Arab nation states in its war against Israel.  

Those same Arabs despise the Arabs of those areas because they are merely the cannon folder they created in the first place.  Irony that sears the soul.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:11 | 5029715 Jackagain
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And for these 'people' it actually started in Jordan.

http://middleeast.about.com/od/terrorism/g/black-september-definition.htm

http://vimeo.com/98803639

Ex-Hamas man tells it as it is.

http://bit.ly/1m2LSyt 

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:08 | 5029700 SameAsItEverWas
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There is no such thing as an innocent Jewish Israeli!

Unless they're publicly fighting against the apartheid sytems and ongoing genocide, they're just as guilty as most Americans are for all the evil that the U.S. does. 

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:11 | 5029713 luckystars
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Abigail Disney, Walt’s great-niece and heiress, has just withdrawn her 12 million dollar investment in the Israeli Company Ahava because, she says, it is “stealing minerals” from an “Occupied West Bank.”

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 18:20 | 5029758 falconflight
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Occupied?  Like what Hawaii or Puerto Rico or Egypt's occupation of the Sinai?  

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 21:34 | 5030728 Contrarian View
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Typical libtard heiress. Walt is spinning in his grave.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 19:50 | 5030149 asa-vet52
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What a waste of time reading this thread. All hate. World would be much better off without Muslims and Jews.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 20:29 | 5030376 Aussiekiwi
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or Christians.... the world would be a lot better of without most religions. Religion kills.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 20:59 | 5030547 silverstud
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or the big banks

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 21:31 | 5030705 Contrarian View
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How can we believe that the "civilian casualties" solely reported by Hamas are correct? Since Hamas (illegal) combatants do not wear uniforms, they are probably all being counted as civilians. Add that to the number of missiles that fell short while still in Gaza, Hamas's indiscriminate use of weapons, and the probability that they are causing their own "friendly fire" casualties, and there isn't much left in their propaganda to believe.

It is disappointing to see how many ZH readers, who pride themselves on their worldliness and market savvy, are swallowing the Islamofascist propaganda hook, line and sinker.

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